Transmeta disclosed plans
for “Mobile Linux”, which will support the highly constrained
resources of portable Internet devices and embedded systems. The
company plans to offer its Linux enhancements to the Open Source
community.
(http://www.transmeta.com/)

LinuxDevices.com announced
the results of its third Embedded Linux poll, which asked
developers to describe an embedded computing application in which
they are planning to use Linux. The Poll's results can be viewed at
http://www.linuxdevices.com/polls/.

A new whitepaper from MontaVista
Software reviews the benefits of Linux to embedded
applications, discusses the alternatives available and offers a
glimpse of what to expect from embedded Linux in the coming year.
(http://www.mvista.com/)

Corel Corporation entered
into an agreement to acquire up to 30% of start-up OE/ONE.com, a
company founded by a former Corel executive that has developed a
sub-$500 Linux-based Internet appliance.
(http://www.corel.com/)

Evidencing significant inroads made by Linux within the US
government, the National Security Agency (NSA) awarded a contract
to Secure Computing Corporation to
develop a robust, highly secure configuration of Linux.
(http://www.securecomputing.com/)

Lineo, Inc. announced a
major embedded Linux design win in the set-top box market. The
system, to be marketed by Bast, Inc., will go in hotel rooms and
apartment buildings. The initial plan is for 50,000 systems priced
at $285 US each.
(http://www.lineo.com/)

Touch Dynamics announced an
open-source project to develop KOSIX, an industry-standard public
kiosk terminal operating system based on Linux. KOSIX will offer an
open-source alternative to conventional, proprietary kiosk OSes.
(http://www.touchdynamics.com/)

An interview with Michael Tiemann, Red
Hat's Chief Technology Officer, discusses the impact of
Red Hat's acquisition of Cygnus on the embedded Linux market and
the future of the Cygnus EL/IX Embedded Linux API initiative.
(http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/)

IBM disbanded its Internet
division and redirected its resources toward an aggressive campaign
to promote Linux. As part of this strategy shift, former Internet
division executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger was transferred to the
new IBM Linux group. IBM says it will collaborate with the Linux
Open Source community and has dedicated a portion of its web site
to Linux-related information.
(http://www.ibm.com/linux/)

DataViews Corporation, a
provider of “human-machine interfaces” (HMIs) for factory
automation operator interfaces, announced a Linux version of its
high-end HMI software tool, DataViews. The company claims to be the
first provider of Linux-based HMI tools.
(http://www.dvcorp.com/)

UC Berkeley announced two
short courses on real-world applications programming, to be offered
this spring in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston. The courses
will emphasize Linux and are titled “Real-Time Programming for
Embedded Systems” and “32-Bit Real-Time Operating Systems with an
Emphasis on Linux”.
(http://www.berkeley.edu/unex/eng/)

There's a movement afoot to develop Linux-based
“programmable logic controller” (PLC) technology. PLCs are
commonly used in manufacturing and factory automation control
systems. A Linux-PLC web site,
mailing list and open-source software are being created.
(http://www.linuxplc.org/)

FSMLabs released beta
version 3.0 of RTLinux for “hard real-time” applications. RTLinux
can control machinery while maintaining full Linux compatibility.
The new release, based on the latest Linux 2.3 kernel, offers
improved performance and supports ports to non-x86 architectures.
(http://www.fsmlabs.com/)

Linux received a boost in laboratory and industrial test,
measurement and control with the announcement by
National Instruments of
comprehensive Linux support. The company has assembled Linux-based
instrumentation and control solutions for VME and VXI-based
hardware.
(http://www.ni.com/)

Intel began delivering
prototypes of Itanium, its new 64-bit CPU (formerly code-named
Merced). Sources within Intel said the company will shortly
authorize the Trillian group (a team working on Linux for Itanium)
to release the Itanium Linux source code to the Linux developer
community.

MontaVista Software Inc.
released its Hard Hat Net CompactPCI backplane networking package
to the GPL Open Source community. The move provides developers with
powerful networking options for using Linux and CompactPCI in
telecom, telephony, Internet and other embedded applications.
(http://www.mvista.com/)

VA Linux Systems introduced
SourceForge, a major open-source initiative that provides over 700
open-source development projects with extensive hosting and
communication resources. The services are available at no cost to
open-source developers.
(http://sourceforge.net/)

Rick Lehrbaum
(rick@linuxdevices.com) co-founded
Ampro Computers, Inc. in 1983, where he served for 16 years in the
roles of VP of Engineering, President and Executive VP of Strategic
Development. In 1992, he formed the PC/104 Consortium and then
served as its chairman through January 2000. In October 1999, Rick
turned his attention to embedded software, founding his second
startup: LinuxDevices.com—“the Embedded Linux Portal”. Rick
received his BS and MS degrees in physics from NYU and Northeast
Louisiana University, respectively.

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